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Arctic soft-sediment macrobenthos (EUROBIS)

Entry ID: Eurobis_533

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Summary

Abstract: Samples of the macrobenthic fauna of soft sediments were collected from around Svalbard during the 1991 Arctic EPOS cruise of RVPolarstern. Although faunal variability could be related to sediment granulometry and depth, all stations to the south and east of the Archipelago lay within the broadly defined central Barents Sea community. In this community, (alfa-diversity was variable and sampled ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 81.45

S: 77.2

E: 32.93

W: 10.73

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Kendall, Mike

Dataset Title: Arctic soft-sediment macrobenthos

Dataset Series Name: Macroben Database

Dataset Release Date: 30 Aug 2005

Dataset Release Place: Plymouth, UK

Dataset Publisher: Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Version: 1.0

Data Presentation Form: MS Excel

Online Resource: http://www.marbef.org/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1991-01-01

Stop Date: 1991-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN

Science Keywords

OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Instrument

SEDIMENT CORERS

Project

OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE

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Ancillary Keywords

density

Arctic environment

Macrobenthos

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium

Data Center URL: http://www.vliz.be/

Data Center Personnel
Name: WARD APPELTANS Phone: +32-(0)59-34 01 55 Fax: +32-(0)59-34 21 31 Email: ward.appeltans at vliz.be Contact Address: Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) Wandelaarkaai 7 City: Oostende Postal Code: 8400 Country: Belgium

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Format: OBIS Schema

Fees: None

Personnel

BART VANHOORNE

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +32-(0)59-34 01 55

Fax: +32-(0)59-34 21 31

Email: bart.vanhoorne at vliz.be

Email: bartv at vliz.be

Contact Address:

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Wandelaarkaai 7

City: Oostende

Country: BELGIUM

MIKE KENDALL

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +44-(0)1752-63 34 24

Email: mak at pml.ac.uk

Contact Address:

Prospect Place

West Hoe

City: Plymouth

Postal Code: PL1 3DH

Country: UK

Publications/References

Kendall, M.A. (1996). Are Arctic soft-sediment macrobenthic communities
impoverished?. Polar Biol. 16: 393-399

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-11-25

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-04-30

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